کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5511052 1539382 2016 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Transcription-associated mutation of lasR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Transcription-associated mutation of lasR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
چکیده انگلیسی
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen which infects cystic fibrosis and cancer patients with compromised immune systems. LasR is a master regulator which controls the virulence of P. aeruginosa in response to bacterial cell-density and host signals. During infection, lasR is frequently mutated, conferring P. aeruginosa a growth advantage in hosts and enhances resistance to widely used antibiotics. However, the mechanistic basis of lasR mutation is not well understood. We have tested here the hypothesis that transcription strength is a contributory determinant of lasR mutagenesis. P. aeruginosa strains with different lasR transcription strengths were therefore engineered and the lasR mutations were monitored unbiasedly using next-generation sequencing technology. Our results suggest that the strength of transcription could be one of the deterministic factors that drive the mutagenesis of lasR in P. aeruginosa, shedding new insights into bacterial infection and antibiotic resistance.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: DNA Repair - Volume 46, October 2016, Pages 9-19
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